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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Bankes call Mr. Ramsay?
(a) A brilliant philosopher
(b) An abusive husband
(c) A hypocrite
(d) A terrible father

2. What does Mrs. Ramsay regret will happen when her children are grown?
(a) Her children to have to experience all the pain, suffering, and death involved in living life.
(b) Her children will not need her anymore.
(c) Her children will forget about her, leaving her alone.
(d) Her children will treat her like an old lady.

3. How does Mrs. Ramsay determine which necklace to wear to dinner?
(a) She holds each necklace against the dress, finding the closest match.
(b) She lets Mr. Ramsay choose for her.
(c) She lets her children, Jasper and Rose, to choose the necklace.
(d) She closes her eyes and picks one from the jewelry box.

4. What does Lily contemplate as the dinner winds down, and people leave the table?
(a) She is happy that dinner is finally over.
(b) Everyone who attended the dinner party is forever bonded together, no matter how much time goes by.
(c) She hopes she can be like Mrs. Ramsay some day.
(d) She thinks what a boring dinner party is was.

5. After Mrs. McNab locks the door to the house, how does the author describe it?
(a) Like an abandoned shack in the highlands
(b) Like a relic of another age
(c) Like an empty shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains
(d) Like a prehistoric, dark cave

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Ramsay sorry for after she tells James they cannot go to the Lighthouse?

2. What does Mr. Bankes think Mr. Tansley feels about the people around the table?

3. Who are the first guests to arrive at the Ramsay's house?

4. What messages breathed from sea to shore at the ramsay's house?

5. What does Lily tell William Bankes about Mr. Ramsay?

(see the answer key)

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